Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 1(ref|doc|term)

1st Alternativeref

refthe literal text ref (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativedoc

docthe literal text doc (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeterm

termthe literal text term (case sensitive)

:`the literal text :`

Group 2([^`]+)

Negated Character Class[^`]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 3([^:`]+)

Negated Character Class[^:`]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 4([^:`]+)

Negated Character Class[^:`]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

>`the literal text >`

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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25 tokens

:(ref|doc|term):`([^`]+)\s?<([^:`]+):([^:`]+)>`

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